Quest'é Sicilia

Tom with Jack, the guide on road to Monreale, above Palermo

Palermo Plaza with our guide and his friends

Tom in Greek Theatre at Segesta, Sicily

Doric Greek Temple at Segesta, high up on a hill

 Doric Greek Temple up close

Ruins of an Acropolis (circa 6th century BC) high up in Selinunte

Quest'é Città del Vaticano, Museo, San Pietro Basilica e Piazza

Vatican City Gardens in front of a modern scultpure

Vatican Museum, one of few places we could use photo flash

St. Peter's Basilica, one of many tombs of famous people

Jo resting in vestible of Vatican

The plaza filling up as we wait for the Pope

Look closely at the 2nd window from right where the Pope appears.

Quest'é Pompeii

Tom & Jo at the Pompeii ruins

Via dell'Abbondanza, original and most important road through ancient Pompeii.

Jo with Elvira, our guide near ruins of a Greek theatre.

Quest'é Firenze

Tom & Jo on balcony of hotel overlooking the Arno River (Fiume Arno)

A crew beneath our balcony filming along the Arno

Jo resting in the Piazza Santa Croce before entering the famous cathedral

Jo outside Palazzo Vecchio-Bell Tower in the distance

Part of the famous Duomo of Florence

Jo in front of the gilded door of the Baptistry

Entering the Accademia Gallery where Michelangelo's work resides-David is in the background

Michelangelo's David is a breathless sculpture--taken without flash photography.

Jo with students from U. of Albany, NY in Uffizi corridor